Loose Horse Productions RTÉ 1, 14 December 2018 By John Gibney On 14 December 1918 a UK-wide general election took place in Britain and Ireland, and on 14 December 2018 RTÉ covered it. The first such election since 1910 was held within weeks of the armistice that ended hostilities in the First World War and … Read more
Garda Museum Dublin Castle museum@garda.ie, +353 (0)1 6669998 By Tony Canavan The Garda Museum is located in refurbished vaults in the Treasury Building of the Dublin Castle complex. It houses a state-of-the-art exhibition utilising traditional and modern display techniques, and takes the visitor on a journey from the early days of British policing in Ireland … Read more
By Joe Culley @TheRealCulls About halfway through his superb new biography of St Patrick, Roy Flechner, while referring to an earlier standard work, writes: ‘The present study, it is hoped, is just as successful in attaining the coveted status of “least improbable”’. Saint Patrick retold is that rare amalgam of academic rigour married to stylish … Read more
C.J. WOODS Four Courts Press €45 ISBN 9781846827389 Reviewed by Aengus Ó Snodaigh Aengus Ó Snodaigh is an author, historian and Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South-Central. C.J. Woods’s imposition of the ‘thirty-year rule … to distinguish between history and mere contemporary studies’ leaves many of my connections with Wolfe Tone’s grave and commemoration outside … Read more
ARNOLD HORNER Wordwell Books €30 ISBN 9781999790 Reviewed by Matthew Stout Matthew Stout lectures in the School of History and Geography, Dublin City University. Arnold Horner is a giant in the field of Irish historical geography and he is revered by two generations of geography students at UCD as an inspirational teacher. In recent years … Read more